ASHUELOT CONCERT SERIES at The Park Theatre

11/6/22: Gade, Andrée, & Mendelssohn – Piano Trios

Louisa Stonehill - Violin, Nicholas Canellakis - Cello, & Nicholas Burns – Piano Program Niels Gade - Novelletten for Piano Trio, Op.29 Elfrida Andrée - Piano Trio No.2 in G minor Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66

Mendelssohn’s C minor Piano Trio has resonated deeply with musicians and audiences alike since it was premiered in 1846. Great composers such as Brahms and Schumann paid homage to it in their own later compositions and it remains a work of Symphonic excitement, energy and passion. Alongside this ‘master trio of the age’, are two works by brilliant, lesser known composers. Danish Composer Niels Gade worked alongside Mendelssohn in Leipzig as assistant conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He conducted many important premieres including the first performance of Mendelssohn’s famous violin concerto. Gade’s Novelletten for Piano Trio are five character pieces, each with a different contrasting mood. Elfrida Endree was the first female cathedral organist in her native Sweden. She studied with Niels Gade and her superb Piano Trio in G minor deserves to be a regular on the concert platform.